RaySearching Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 I have copied this photo from another thread as I was intrigued by where the photo may have been taken I think it must have been taken in England as arrow i have added is pointing to a British policeman in uniform The second arrow is pointing to what appears to look like a vessel in the background ? ? Having searched various locations to try and match up the image's location I am leaning to the photograph's location as Folkestone Harbour Kent can anybody conform this or offer an alternative location Previous thread containing the photo Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 I can only agree that the photograph was taken in the UK. The telegraph pole looks very typical to me, as does the bridge to a lesser extent. As to where exactly, I have no idea, unfortunately. Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 The photo looks like it was taken in the 1920s to me. As you can just see the collar badge on some of the soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancpal Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 I agree with the policeman and the collar titles but can't see the ship. Are you referring to the 3 'stacks' being funnels or have I again missed something more obvious? Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 I don't think it's a ship either. If it was a ship, then you'd get to it up hill over that bridge over a river, which strikes me as being slightly odd geography. Agree that it's 1920s, I think the women's hats have that 20s look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 87 Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 (edited) That very much looks like a canal or river running through the arches. The 'stacks' look like a Victorian gas works. Edited 3 December , 2020 by Gunner 87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 3 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Going on the ladies fashions, I would also say post War. Cloche hats and shorter skirts. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 3 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2020 11 hours ago, themonsstar said: The photo looks like it was taken in the 1920s to me. As you can just see the collar badge on some of the soldiers. Thanks Thermonsstar Collar dogs, How did I miss them There is also blurred images which may be medal ribbons on some of the soldiers uniforms My initial thoughts were that this was the 9th Bn Yorks, prior to embarking for France (well out there with my thoughts I spent too much time looking at bridges on the internet, when i should have been looking at the postcard for additional clues Regarding the "ship" when I enlarged the image the outline of a ship could be seen, It could be that i was seeing what i wanted to see Agreed the postcard, Post Great War or shortly afterwards Many Thanks for all the replies will have a look at some more bridges ! Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open Bolt Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 I've also spent too much time looking at bridges (v straight so thinking rail), that enormous rock is surely a recognisable feature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Yes, I too have had my fill of viaduct photos. Someone will get it, I’m sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 I too have spent far too much time looking at images of four and five arch bridges over rivers in the UK. Enjoyable as that is is it possible from the enlargement to work out if it is stone or brick built? And are there any more details visible about what is in the distance behind the left hand side of the tree trunk? Is it a dwelling or some kind of monument \ park pavilion or bandstand. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 (edited) Definitely 1920s I agree, not just the collar badges, but the caps too with their much broader peaks, and Michelle’s picked up the ladies fashions as brilliant corroboration. I can’t make up my mind about the cap badges, but I think the base of the badge is too wide to be PAOW Yorks. Perhaps Loyal N Lancs, or a light infantry regiment (KSLI/OBLI), I’ll be interested to see what others think. They don’t have the look of regulars, there are too many very young men amongst the ranks, so I would suggest they are a TF battalion arriving at Summer camp, probably having just detrained and marching away from the station. NB. The stacks are factory chimneys I think and the bridge possibly carrying the railway to the station. Edited 3 December , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancpal Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 The "enormous rock" looks more like a hay rick through my specs . I'm by no means certain but I think the viaduct is stone built and appears to be buttressed which may narrow it down to several dozen candidates ! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open Bolt Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 2 hours ago, mancpal said: The "enormous rock" looks more like a hay rick through my specs Yes, probably so. It is therefore unlikely to be there now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open Bolt Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 (edited) My closest (Parkhead Viaduct, Dudley), but I was also looking for buttresses. Also, no hay rick. Edit: With added chimney stacks https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw046055 Edited 3 December , 2020 by Open Bolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 19 minutes ago, Open Bolt said: My closest (Parkhead Viaduct, Dudley), but I was also looking for buttresses. Is this a more matching angle for the original image https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-parkhead-viaduct-amp-dudley-canal-dudley-near-netherton-worcestershire-83103081.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=3EBDBE94-2172-4F8F-A5FC-E88419F22830&p=181734&n=0&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3dbar%26st%3d0%26pn%3d1%26ps%3d100%26sortby%3d2%26resultview%3dsortbyPopular%26npgs%3d0%26qt%3dparkhead%20viaduct%26qt_raw%3dparkhead%20viaduct%26lic%3d3%26mr%3d0%26pr%3d0%26ot%3d0%26creative%3d%26ag%3d0%26hc%3d0%26pc%3d%26blackwhite%3d%26cutout%3d%26tbar%3d1%26et%3d0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3d0%26loc%3d0%26imgt%3d0%26dtfr%3d%26dtto%3d%26size%3d0xFF%26archive%3d1%26groupid%3d%26pseudoid%3d%26a%3d%26cdid%3d%26cdsrt%3d%26name%3d%26qn%3d%26apalib%3d%26apalic%3d%26lightbox%3d%26gname%3d%26gtype%3d%26xstx%3d0%26simid%3d%26saveQry%3d%26editorial%3d1%26nu%3d%26t%3d%26edoptin%3d%26customgeoip%3d%26cap%3d1%26cbstore%3d1%26vd%3d0%26lb%3d%26fi%3d2%26edrf%3d%26ispremium%3d1%26flip%3d0%26pl%3d . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 If they're LNL thought it might be Miller or Avenham parks Preston but the bridge doesn't look right. Dudley looks a good shout though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 3 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2020 My best match so far Yarm Road Bridge (not the viaduct) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 When the possibility of Yorkshire was raised yesterday , I also checked out the Yarm Road bridge. I don't think it is that, as the bridge in the old photo has half round arches , whereas to my eyes, some of the arches of Yarm are pointy. (Sorry, don't know the correct architectural term is...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 I think it is post-war (and likely TF) One of the NCOs is clearly wearing ribbons: In addition, the bridge is flat and the supports are very strong indeed- this is most likely a railway bridge. And given the solidity of the beast, likely to be a main line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 I think it is post-war (and likely TF) Pedantically, of course, TA by then. On 03/12/2020 at 22:52, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: some of the arches of Yarm are pointy. (Sorry, don't know the correct architectural term is...). I believe Lutyens always referred to them as 'pointy'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 4 December , 2020 Working on the premise that the soldiers shown in the postcard are soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment (not necessarily the 9th Bn) The regiment headquarters of the Yorkshire Regiment were in WW1 based in Richmond Yorks It follows and is quite likely that the photo of the soldiers marching was taken in the locality of Richmond There are quite a number of stone bridges that cross the River Swale which may be the location shown in the photo Why are there crowds watching the soldiers march and what may be the occasion? Attending the unveiling of a war memorial is one possibility Below is a photo of the unveiling of one of Richmond's war memorial in July 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 39 minutes ago, Steven Broomfield said: Pedantically, of course, TA by then. I believe Lutyens always referred to them as 'pointy'. Having just partaken of an online masters degree course in Architecture from a virtual university (whose name escapes me at the moment) located on the Asian sub-continent, I can now state with confidence, that the coommon technical term for a pointy arch is in fact a pointed arch. Although some of us experts in the field, ahem, refer to them as an 'arc brisé '. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 (edited) Had a look at Richmond,courtesy of Mr. Google's Apparatus but the likely candidate, Mercury Bridge, doesn't look right. It's pointy bits don't look the right shape. or as we trained in the great traditions of French architecture would say "bits pointus". Also, Mercury Bridge has some decorative stonework along the top which I cannot see in the posted pic.- again as those trained in the great traditions of French architecture would say "morceaux nobles" (nobbly bits) But it is obligingly near where the station seems to have been. On a serious note, it is unlikely to be the unveiling of the Richmond war memorial-the soldiers in that pic. have bayonets fixed. The soldiers in our main pic. do not-nor,it seems,any kit for carrying bayonets about them. Edited 4 December , 2020 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 Does the cap badge of the men in the photo match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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